Landers delivered my new bike right to my workshop so I could keep my promise not to ride bikes again. I had moved the stage set stuff to another location to make room for it, but I still have to clean up the benches and reorganize the space to work properly on the built.
I started stripping it yesterday morning even though the workshop is still a mess. Not so easy for an old man with arthritis. I couldn’t lift the darn thing up on my hydraulic lift because of the way the bottom is configured, and the ground is much lower than it used to be. Left hand can pick up a wench, but can’t do much more. I can already tell it’s gonna be a laborious and tiring project...
Everything is packed so tight my basic wrenches can’t reach some bolts, like those holding the exhaust pipes and the transmission cover. Part of the frame is actually used as the air intake.
I really need some expert advice(Landers') on how to proceed.
I would like to re use as much of the frame as possible, and design the chassis so I can:
1. Leave the engine attached to the bike frame and weld the front half of it into the front end of the chassis
2. Weld the back half of the bike frame onto the back end of the chassis.
So it is critical to cut the frame in exactly the right places, and I need to look at it and talk about it with Landers.
I started stripping it yesterday morning even though the workshop is still a mess. Not so easy for an old man with arthritis. I couldn’t lift the darn thing up on my hydraulic lift because of the way the bottom is configured, and the ground is much lower than it used to be. Left hand can pick up a wench, but can’t do much more. I can already tell it’s gonna be a laborious and tiring project...
Everything is packed so tight my basic wrenches can’t reach some bolts, like those holding the exhaust pipes and the transmission cover. Part of the frame is actually used as the air intake.
I really need some expert advice(Landers') on how to proceed.
I would like to re use as much of the frame as possible, and design the chassis so I can:
1. Leave the engine attached to the bike frame and weld the front half of it into the front end of the chassis
2. Weld the back half of the bike frame onto the back end of the chassis.
So it is critical to cut the frame in exactly the right places, and I need to look at it and talk about it with Landers.
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